First flight to take off from UP's Kushinagar International Airport on Friday

The first flight from the Kushinagar airport will take off for New Delhi on Friday. PM Modi inaugurated the airport on October 20.

The first domestic flight will take off from the recently inaugurated Kushinagar International Airport for Delhi on Friday.

"From Friday, the Kushinagar International Airport will be functional. SpiceJet is launching a flight between Kushinagar and Delhi. From next month, flights for two more cities will take off from the airport -- for Kolkata from December 17 and for Mumbai from December 18," airport director AK Dwivedi said.